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title: "Miodnik"
description: "Notiomystis cincta — Ptaki. The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/stitchbird
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Miodnik

> Notiomystis cincta — Ptaki. The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand.

- Scientific name: *Notiomystis cincta*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `forest` (Las)
- iNaturalist observations: 1435
- Wikidata: [Q939459](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q939459)
- iNaturalist taxon: [117209](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/117209)

## Names

- en: Stitchbird
- de: Hihi
- fr: Hihi de Nouvelle-Zélande
- nl: Geelbandhoningeter
- pl: Miodnik

## Countries with the most observations

NZ (1374)

## Summary

The stitchbird or hihi (Notiomystis cincta) is a honeyeater-like bird endemic to the North Island and adjacent offshore islands of New Zealand. Its evolutionary relationships have long puzzled ornithologists, but it is now classed as the only member of its own family, the Notiomystidae. It is rare, being extirpated everywhere except Little Barrier Island, but has been reintroduced to two other island sanctuaries and four locations on the North Island mainland. Current population estimations for mature individuals in the wild are 2,500–3,400.
In addition to hihi, the stitchbird is also known by a number of other Māori…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stitchbird

## Photo

![Miodnik](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/stitchbird/medium.jpg)

Photo: Jason Leduc · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/259452386

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/stitchbird?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).